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from Sussex, including two new aberrations for which he 

 suggested the names rufescens and fiisca. He mentioned that, 

 as far as he was aware, these two forms had not been previously 

 noted on the Continent. He showed, also, ova and pupa in 

 situ, with photographs by Mr. Hugh Main to illustrate the 

 life-history of the species. 



Hungarian Pierids and Fireflies. — Mr. "W. G. Sheldon 

 brought for exhibition a case containing several series of 

 Fieridae taken by him this year at Herculesbad, including 

 Pieris napi, var. najjeae, and imagines bred from ova of the 

 same. He drew attention to those labelled Pieris rapae, and 

 suggested that some of them might belong to P. ergane, or P. 

 manni, to which respectively they bore a remarkable super- 

 ficial resemblance. Mr. Sheldon also exhibited examples of 

 the following Coleoptera (" Fireflies ") — Luciola ininyrelica, 

 from Herculesbad ; and Phausis splendidida, $ and $ , from 

 Tatra Fured, Hohe Tatra, Eastern Hungary. 



Larval Habit of Osmylus. — Mr. W. J. Lucas exhibited 

 two imagines and a larva of the finest of our Neuroptera, 

 Osmylus chi'i/sops. The exhibit was made on account of the 

 larva which was taken by Dr. D. Sharp, F.K..S., near Queen's 

 Bower in the New Forest. It pierces and sucks dry some small 

 animals, but its life-history is not well known. The mouth 

 parts are similar to those of Hemerobius and Chri/sojxi which 

 feed on the juices of Aphides. 0. chrysops is, however, at 

 least partly aquatic. It is nearly related to Sisyra, of which 

 we have three species, one at^least of which feeds on Spongilla 

 fluviatilis. 



Teratological example of a Carabid. — Dr. G. B. Long- 

 staff showed a teratological specimen of a Carabid beetle 

 from Ceylon {Omp>hra, Latr., sp.). The middle femur of the 

 right side was dilated at the distal end, bearing at its 

 anterior angle two supplementary tibiae coherent at the 

 base ; the rudimentary tarsi were also adherent. 



Colour variation of Aglais pupae. — Mr. A. W. Bacot 

 showed two boxes containing pupal cases of Aglais urticae 

 collected by Mr. Hugh Main in one locality. Those taken 

 from the food plant were yellowish-white ; those taken from 

 the cage in which the larvae pupated quite black, thus 



